SUBLIME MOMENTS

SUBLIME MOMENTS

Victor Hamm

Central Gallery
June 11 to September 3, 2011

Curated by Jann LM Bailey

The exhibition of photographs by Kamloops artist Victor Hamm can be scrutinized from many different perspectives—technically, spiritually, politically and aesthetically. They are images of architectural or natural elements which can function on a more personal level as metaphors for subjective experience. Like the cracking and crumbling surface of the work in the Kamloops Art Gallery’s permanent collection, The Men’s Residence, Tranquille, these exquisite and overtly detailed images imply a certain fragility and vulnerability. To those of us living in the Thompson/Nicola region of British Columbia the images are deeply authentic.

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FAMILIAR TERRITORY

FAMILIAR TERRITORY

A.Y. Jackson // Ted Smith

Central Gallery
March 26 to May 28, 2011

Curated by Jann LM Bailey

Visions of our dynamic land are scored deep in the heart and mind of every Canadian. Artists from coast to coast to coast have captured many of those very Canadian images in their work.

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